Reusable sanitary towels: promoting menstrual hygiene in post-earthquake Nepal

Reusable sanitary towels: promoting menstrual hygiene in post-earthquake Nepal.

It is a normal human tendency to 'run for your life' when an earthquake occurs. Adolescent girls and women of reproductive age leave their homes with only the clothes they are wearing to save their own and their families' lives. Immediate disaster relief aid with its (unintentional) lack of gender sensitivity has little or no materials for the appropriate management of menstrual hygiene. The bi...

Menstrual hygiene management among women and adolescent girls in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal

BACKGROUND Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is an essential aspect of hygiene for women and adolescent girls between menarche and menopause. Despite being an important issue concerning women and girls in the menstruating age group MHM is often overlooked in post-disaster responses. Further, there is limited evidence of menstrual hygiene management in humanitarian settings. This study aims to ...

Mental Health in Post-Earthquake Nepal

Copyright © 2015 CEA& INEA. Published online by NepJOL-INASP. www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE The April 25 th earthquake, followed by a massive aftershock, has left millions of already traumatized people debilitated by even deeper fear and infirmity. About 1.7 million children are directly affected by the earthquake which has triggered invisible emotional distress among many [1].This may have del...

Microbial contamination of hospital reusable cleaning towels.

BACKGROUND Hospital cleaning practices are critical to the prevention of nosocomial infection transmission. To this end, cloth towels soaked in disinfectants are commonly used to clean and disinfect hospital surfaces. Cloth cleaning towels have been linked to an outbreak of Bacillus cereus and have been shown to reduce the effectiveness of commonly used quaternary ammonium disinfectants. Thus, ...

Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads